Comprehend 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 /ˌkɒm.prɪˈhend/ (verb) to understand something, construe, see, decipher, grasp, know, perceive, make sense of, realize, make head or tail of, apprehend, figure out Many educators today would agree to some extent that there has been a shift in mathematics education on many levels and across all grade levels. …
Subside 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 səbˈsaɪd/ (verb) to become smaller and less effective, decrease, undermine, wane, diminish, sink to a lower level, dwindle, reduce, lessen, weaken, die down, abate, recede – collapse, fall down, descend, settle The critical flood situation stemmed from a series of depressions that have hit Thailand since Oct 7, …
Mourn 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 /mɔːn/ (verb) to grieve and show great sadness usually due to someone’s death, grieve for, weep for, lament, cry over, grieve over, bewail, bemoan – deplore, regret, rue This article reports empirical research into public books of condolence signed following two key mourning events within British culture: the …
Daze 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 /deɪz/ (noun & verb) Noun: confused state, confusion, perplexity, bewilderment, astonishment, bafflement, stupor, bemusement Verb: to confuse someone, stun, stupefy, stagger, knock out, startle, astonish, shock, astound Golden Retriever Puppy Is Really Dazed By Lemon Slice Gunnar the 8-week-old Golden Retriever challenges a harmless lemon (and loses) in …
Blunder 504 Absolutely Essential Words lesson 29 /ˈblʌn.dəʳ/ (noun & verb) Noun: a big and blatant mistake, gaffe, flagrant mistake, slip, egregious mistake, blooper, error, faux pas Verb: to make a big mistake, err, screw up, get it wrong, blow it, goof, miscalculate – to move in an awkward way, stagger, trip, stumble Much has …
Toil 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 /tɔɪl/ (noun & verb) Noun: hard work, drudgery, labor, chore, slog, donkeywork Verb: to work very hard especially physically, slave, labor, sweat, strive, work one’s fingers to the bone – move with difficulty, drag oneself, struggle Robots take toil from the agricultural fields Le Plan Medoc, France–Repetitive and …
Insist 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 28 /ɪnˈsɪst/ (verb) to demand something assertively and forcefully in spite of opposition, maintain something against opposition, contend, enforce, assert, require, claim – state something forcefully, stipulate APC crises worsens as aggrieved members insist on December convention The internal crises rocking the All Progressives Congress deepened on Friday with …
Bait 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 28 /beɪt/ (noun & verb) Noun: anything especially food that is used to attract and catch animals, carrot, enticement, inducement, lure, attraction, draw, temptation, pull Verb: to place any food as a bait on a hook while fishing, tempt, lure, attract, pull, draw – to make a dog attack …
Juvenile 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 28 /ˈdʒuː.vən.aɪl/ (adj & noun) Adjective: too young and immature, callow, fledgling, childish, teenage, youthful, adolescent, bay-faced, infantile, babyish Noun: youngers, teenager, teen, adolescent Juvenile delinquency is the act of committing a crime at a very young age. A juvenile delinquent is a young person, particularly a teenager under …
Censor 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 28 /ˈsent.səʳ/ (noun & verb) Noun: a person who edits and cuts out offensive parts from books, films, etc., expurgator, bowdlerizer, editor, reviewer, corrector, inspector Verb: to expurgate, edit and remove the offensive parts from films, books, etc., cut, remove, delete parts of, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, amend Book censorship is …